Medical Registration Act 1997 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Disciplinary Proceedings and Inquiries
53. Fitness assessment
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If a registered medical practitioner consents to undergo a fitness assessment under section 50(3)(b), the registered medical practitioner’s fitness to practise medicine by reason of his physical or mental condition must be assessed by a Fitness Assessment Panel appointed by the relevant Complaints Committee and comprising one or more suitably qualified persons determined by the relevant Complaints Committee.
registered medical practitioner
“registered medical practitioner” means a person registered under this Act and includes a person deemed to be so registered under section 72(1);
A Fitness Assessment Panel must carry out the fitness assessment in accordance with —
the provisions of this Division;
any practice and procedure determined by the Medical Council for fitness assessments; and
any instructions issued by the relevant Complaints Committee for the fitness assessment.
A Fitness Assessment Panel must submit a report of its assessment to the relevant Complaints Committee and, with the approval of the relevant Complaints Committee, provide a copy of the report to the registered medical practitioner.
Complaints Committee
“Complaints Committee” means a committee appointed by the chairman of the Complaints Panel under section 40;
The relevant Complaints Committee, or the investigator with the approval of the relevant Complaints Committee, may discuss with the registered medical practitioner under assessment the report mentioned in subsection (3) and, in the case of an adverse finding in the report, the possible ways of dealing with that finding.
If, at any time before the report mentioned in subsection (3) is submitted to the relevant Complaints Committee —
the relevant Complaints Committee instructs the discontinuation of the fitness assessment; or
the relevant Complaints Committee completes its inquiry,the fitness assessment is discontinued from the date paragraph (a) or (b) occurs, whichever is earlier.